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La luna del leopardo by Nalini Singh

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angels_gp17's review against another edition

5.0

5 Possessive Stars

I am loving this series! I can't believe I did not pick these books up sooner. Nalini Singh is an amazing author who knows how to tell a story. The world she created is so in-depth and intriguing I get pulled in. Her characters work well together, complement each other, and the story is interesting and adventures.

“Mine to Possess” focus is about the main couple's complicated and enduring relationship rather than the world-building aspect of the over all story. We also learn about a new aspect in the Psy-Changeling world the Human side as well as finding out about the Forgotten.
Tally and Clay’s tragic yet inspiring love story was simply phenomenal. I liked that the main couple bonded as children and where separated by tragedy and violence which marked their destinies. They are brought back together by murder and mayhem and are now getting to know each other again.

Mine to Possess is a must read! I recommend reading the Psy-Changeling series in order, so you can understand the characters and world that Nalini Singh as created.

Audio Dec. 2017: Loved the audiobook for Mine to Possess. Just as good as the first time reading it, if not better.

ameretet's review against another edition

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3.0

I can't stand the heroine. This is when the books start to decline, for me.

tessisreading2's review against another edition

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3.0

One of the earlier books in the series - the heavy plotting is definitely underway but it's less complex than it was last time. Side note: I do not love serial killer plots, but what I am realizing (reading this series all out of order) is that Singh has a tendency to make a lot of her bad-stuff-committing characters pawns. They were indoctrinated as children, they were themselves tortured, they are redeemable by true love, or - as here -

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their children are being held hostage. I mean, I get it, and she certainly has enough dyed-in-the-wool villains, but I don't love nuance when it means "closing your eyes to the murder of other children" or "okay, so you've murdered hundreds of innocent people, but you were kind of forced and you feel bad about it and now you're on the good guy side so it's fine."

I may need a bit of a break from the series for a while; I'm enjoying the romances but the background plot is getting a little overwhelming for me right now.

c4nd1e's review against another edition

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4.0

1st read: May 2020
2nd read: April 2023

Talin and Clay were close when they were children. But they were separated after Clay protected Talin from her foster father.

20 years after they were separated, Talin helps children in need. When some of her children disappear, she asks Clay for help.

I like that Humans have a larger part in this book than the previous books (that mostly focused on Psy and Changeling characters). It adds another dimension to the world. I also like the introduction of The Forgotten into the series.

I didn't like the fact that Clay was so upset with Talin when she admitted to sleeping around. He wasn't mean about it, and It's more complicated than him just being a jerk (she pretended to be dead and, when she was still very messed up from her childhood abuse, she slept around; he slept with a few women, but he thought that she was dead at the time). But, even with the nuance, I still don't think that he had the right to be as upset as he was by it.

Just a warning, child abuse is a major theme in this book.

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Original review:
I really like Talin and Clay, they are so sweet together. This is one of my favorite Psy-Changeling books.

blodeuedd's review against another edition

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3.0

Go figure when this book turned out to be my fav so far. But like I realised it has to do with this was a changeling-human pairing, and less Psy drama.

Clay was all male, and he was a cat to watch. I liked him, and even with that darkness inside, all he wanted was to protect, so much that he ended up killing someone. What can I say about that, he saved a little girl, but he did go all primal doing that. But the love he felt for Talin all his life, that was something.

Then there was poor broken Talin, she is really screwed up cos of what happened when she was little, and she is afraid of Clay at one level. But she learns to trust him again, but she has this enormous walls built in. This is not an easy pairing cos of their pasts.

I liked how Clay slowly got through her walls and showed her what she was worth. He might just be my fav cat so far. Talin, well like I said, she was broken, but like Clay all she wanted was to protect. In her case, the kids she looks after. And that is what this book is about, kids gone missing, and she asking Clay for help. Insert Psy drama, but it was less, and different in a way, so I didn't mind.

I do enjoy Singh's world, a world where humans, changelings and Psy live side by side. The changelings are all heart and fierce protection. The Psy creep me out, and humans are humans. In this book there was some rat changelings too, and I do wonder if there are all sorts of changelings around, I guess so .

Blodeuedd's Cover Corner: I do like the UK covers better, BUT, I hate that they are all the same, so in that aspect the US ones are better. But meh.

Reason for reading: Borrowed from a friend

Final thoughts: Best so far.